| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-20页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Overall Structure of the Thesis | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第20-46页 |
| ·An Overview of Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第20-32页 |
| ·The Development of Systemic-Functional Grammar | 第20-23页 |
| ·An Overview of the Textual Function | 第23-32页 |
| ·Theoretical Study of Discourse Markers | 第32-46页 |
| ·Definitions of Discourse Marker | 第32-34页 |
| ·Classifications of Discourse Markers | 第34-41页 |
| ·Classification of Discourse Markers in This Thesis | 第41-43页 |
| ·Previous Study on Discourse Markers | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 3 The Study | 第46-56页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第46页 |
| ·Source of Data | 第46-47页 |
| ·Data Processing and Analysis | 第47-56页 |
| ·Identification of Discourse Markers in the English Versions of the Reports on the Work of the Government | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Ordering of the Identified Discourse Markers by Frequency | 第50-56页 |
| Chapter 4 Discussion:The Functions of Discourse Markers in the EnglishVersions of the Reports on the Work of theGovernment | 第56-88页 |
| ·Discourse Markers' Functions from the Perspective of Thematic Structure | 第56-66页 |
| ·Deferential Discourse Markers | 第56-59页 |
| ·Sequential Discourse Markers | 第59-62页 |
| ·Enumerative Discourse Markers | 第62-63页 |
| ·Additional Discourse Markers | 第63-64页 |
| ·Focusing Discourse Markers | 第64-66页 |
| ·Discourse Markers' Functions from the Perspective of Information Structure | 第66-75页 |
| ·Additional Discourse Markers | 第66-68页 |
| ·Contrastive Discourse Markers | 第68-70页 |
| ·Sequential Discourse Markers | 第70-73页 |
| ·Focusing Discourse Markers | 第73-75页 |
| ·Discourse Markers' Functions from the Perspective of Cohesion | 第75-88页 |
| ·Listing & Exemplifying Discourse Markers | 第75-77页 |
| ·Contrastive Discourse Markers | 第77-80页 |
| ·Causal & Consequential Discourse Markers | 第80-83页 |
| ·Concessive Discourse Markers | 第83-85页 |
| ·Temporal Discourse Markers | 第85-88页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第88-91页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第88-89页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第89页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Researches | 第89-91页 |
| References | 第91-94页 |
